February 27, 2017
2-TIMES · Art
Jamie Crewe,
‘Female Executioner’
@ Gasworks
—
“Seething under
its own references
the exhibition tries
to touch the past,
and is struck by the
past in response.”
Crewe's key
influence:
French writer
Rachilde's
‘Monsieur Venus:
A Materialist
Novel’.
The exhibition:
Is Glasgow-based
artist Jamie Crewe's
first solo in London
with Gasworks —
‘Female Executioner’
investigates what
happens when a
queer, transfeminine
artist tries to touch,
reflect on, or rehabilitate
a historical work of
fiction which seems
to offer them ancestry.
Featuring:
Newly commissioned
video, sculpture, print,
and text-based works.
Supported by:
Freelands Foundation.
2-TIMES' highlights:
· Adulteress (2017)
· Inert Being (2017)
On view at:
Gasworks
—
155 Vauxhall Street,
London SE11 5RH,
United Kingdom.
Closes:
March 26, 2017.